Information Package / Course Catalogue
Theories of International Relations
Course Code: UYL501
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to prepare students to analyze international relations from different theoretical perspectives and provide students the ability to compare these approaches.

Course Content

Basic approaches to international relations, their historical roots and effects

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Hikmet MENGÜASLAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to explain philosophical and historical bases of theories of international relations
2.To be able to analyze and compare international events from different aspects
3.To be able to evaluate the events in IR by a dialectical method.
4.To be able to assess the future in the light of international theories
5.To communicate to demonstrate the ability to employ IR terminology
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. Dunne, T., Kurki, M., & Smith, S. (2007). International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2.2. Griffiths, M. (2007). International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction. Oxon: Routledge.
3.3. Gismondi, M. D. (2008). Ethics, Liberalism and Realism in International Relations. Oxon: Routledge
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (ed), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2007; Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An introduction, Routledge, 2007.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Liberalism-Idealism
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Robert M.A.Crawford, Idealism and Realism in International Relations, Routledge, 2000; Mark D. Gismondi, Ethics, Liberalism and Realism in International Relations, Routledge, 2008.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Liberalism-Idealism
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Robert M.A.Crawford, Idealism and Realism in International Relations, Routledge, 2000; Mark D. Gismondi, Ethics, Liberalism and Realism in International Relations, Routledge, 2008.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Classical Realism
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Hans Morgenthau, Politics among Nations, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1992.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Classical Realism
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Hans Morgenthau, Politics among Nations, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1992; Michael C. Williams, RealismReconsidered: The Legacy of Hans Morgenthau in International Relations, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Neorealism
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics, Addison-Wesley, 1979; Robert Keohane, Neorealism and Its Critics, Colombia University Press, 1986; David Baldwin, Neorealism and Neoliberalism, Colombia University Press, 1993.
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics, Addison-Wesley, 1979; Robert Keohane, Neorealism and Its Critics, Colombia University Press, 1986; David Baldwin, Neorealism and Neoliberalism, Colombia University Press, 1993.
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Neorealism
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Steven E. Lobell ve Norrin M. Ripsman, Neoclassical Realism,the State, and Foreign Policy, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Neoclassical Realism
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Steven E. Lobell ve Norrin M. Ripsman, Neoclassical Realism,the State, and Foreign Policy, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Neoliberalism
Week 11 - Preparation Work
David Baldwin, Neorealism and Neoliberalism, Colombia University Press, 1993; Mark D. Gismondi, Ethics, Liberalism and Realism in International Relations, Routledge, 2008; David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Neoliberalism
Week 12 - Preparation Work
David Baldwin, Neorealism and Neoliberalism, Colombia University Press, 1993; Mark D. Gismondi, Ethics, Liberalism and Realism in International Relations, Routledge, 2008; David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Regime Theories
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Andreas Hasenclever, Theories of international regimes, Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Constructivism
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Peter J. Katzenstein, The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics, Colombia University Press, 1996; Yosef Lapid ve Friedrich Kratochwil, The Return of Culture and Identity in IR Theory, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1996; Alexander Wendt.
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exams
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exams
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment115116
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)127
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